Open AccessTranslations of saints’ relics in the late Medieval Central Balkans
Author(s) -
Marija Vasiljević
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
balcanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0801
pISSN - 0350-7653
DOI - 10.2298/balc2051023v
Subject(s) - veneration , cult , character (mathematics) , period (music) , middle ages , politics , ancient history , history , classics , literature , art , political science , law , aesthetics , geometry , mathematics
The paper discusses the character of the translations of saints? relics in the late medieval central Balkans, as they increasingly gained prominence as an encouragement to the veneration of saints. The fact that translations grew much more frequent provides the opportunity to analyse the motivations behind this practice, the ways in which relics were acquired, the types of translation processions and their symbolic significance. The relic translations in the central Balkans in the period under study fitted the Christian translation pattern in every respect and stood halfway between history and cult and, frequently, between politics and cult.